I was wondering if the make a 12v antenna rotor? I am wanting to get a 2M/70cm mobile later and build some kind of small beam antenna.. Thought it would be neat and would extend my talking distance when i start ham..

Most people start a ham by putting it into the oven. I believe you mean when you get your amateur license.

While you can certainly build a 2 meter and/or 440 beam, there are so many of them for sale used, you'd save money by buying one used. That said, using a beam mobile in motion can be done, and you'd be far from the first. The problem is, antenna rotor motors are almost always AC, so adapting one is a little difficult.

The last one I saw was adapted from a windshield wiper motor, and worked quite well. The beam was an 11 element 2 meter unit, in horizontal position for SSB work. If you're interested, I suggest www.allelectronics.com. They sell the WW motor, cheap. The rest of it you have to design.

Thanks alot for the info.. I have some BIG copper wire or could use copper pipe and i may have what i need on hand besides the motor.. I knew aboutallelectronics.com .. Didn't know they sold the motors though.. Thanks

I have a 12V rotator but it is probably WAY more than you need. See www.alfaradio.ca for the AlfaSpid Rotator. This is the only rotator I found that did not need some sort of inverter. I use this to turn a 2 element SteppIR HF beam on my truck. (Non-moving of course!)

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